🎬 Documentary, History

The Picture Taker

2022 1h 20m Dir. Phil Bertelsen

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From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?

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Year
2022
Runtime
1h 20m
Genre
Documentary, History
Director
Phil Bertelsen
Language
EN
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